Senior Aerospace Engineer Contractor
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Job Location:
Atlanta, GA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SPACEWORKS
At SpaceWorks Enterprises we specialize in next-generation high-speed flight systemshumanand robotic spacecraft as well as entry descent & landing technologies. Our core competencies include conducting preliminary design of aerospace concepts performing detailed multidisciplinary engineering analysis developing commercial aerospace software prototyping spacecraft hardware components and conducting market and economic research within the aerospace industry. We serve clients across the Department of Defense NASA and the commercial space sector.
THE ROLE
Position: 3-6 Month Contractor or Temp-to-Perm
Timeline: February - March 2026 start
Location: Remote Hybrid In-Person Atlanta GA
Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
SpaceWorks is seeking senior aerospace engineers with a focus on designing and developing next-generation hypersonic flight vehicles Earth-to-orbit launch systems human and robotic spacecraft and space re-entry vehicles.Seeking domain expertise in-
- Flight Performance andTrajectory Optimization
- Aerodynamic Design & Analysis
- Aerothermal Modeling
A successful candidate will:
- Be well versed in hypersonic aircraft and/or spacecraft performance
- Support a small multidisciplinary team of technical staff to design complex systems
- Exhibit a can do and want to attitude - bringing an open-minded approach and a bias toward finding solutions
- Have experience supporting activities in modeling simulation and design of high-speed flight systems including endo-atmospheric re-entry and launch systems
A DAY IN THE LIFE(one of more of the following areas)
Flight Performance and Trajectory Optimization:
- Perform trajectory design and optimization using state-of-the-art 3-DOF trajectory software.
- Conduct flight performance assessments (ΔV budgets mass margins staging trade-offs) to ensure mission objectives are met.
- Use trajectory optimization tools and methods to balance mission performance safety and system constraints.
- Perform multidisciplinary design optimization of aerospace systems.
- Develop and analyze mission trajectories including ascent orbital operations re-entry and landing phases.
Aerodynamic Design & Analysis:
- Develop and optimize aerodynamic designs from concept development and requirements definition through preliminary and detailed design.
- Conduct detailed analysis to predict and enhance aerodynamic performance.
- Utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools along with lower-order methods for performance evaluation.
- Evaluate impacts of configuration changes on performance of the vehicle.
Aerothermal Modeling:
- Predict convective and radiative heating environments during ascent atmospheric flight and re-entry using CFD and engineering models.
- Assess coupled aero-thermal-structural interactions and recommend design solutions for survivability and reliability.
- Contribute to thermal environment definition for subsystem qualification and testing requirements.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelors or Mastersdegree in Aerospace Engineering
- 5 years of related aerospace industry experiencecontributing technically as a flight performance aerodynamics or aerothermalengineerprimarily within conceptdevelopmentrequirementsdefinition preliminarydesignand detailed design.
- Relevant work or project experience in the design/modeling of hypersonic atmospheric vehicles Earth-to-orbit launch systems or human & robotic spacecraft
- High level disciplinary experience with multidisciplinaryanalysis andoptimization of high-speed flight and/or launch vehicle design
- Experience in relevant aerospace-oriented flight development programs (e.g. UAVs missiles CubeSats)
- Basic knowledge of Monte Carlo analysis uncertainty analysis or risk analysis
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced multidisciplinary collaborative environment with ownership and autonomy typical of a small business
- Small business experience
- Must be a U.S. citizen
Check out our website to learn more about us and apply so that we can learn more about you! is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Aerospace Engineering
- Clearance
- Engineerig support
- FAA
- Fortran
- Nasa
- C#
- C++
- Matlab
- Electrical Systems
- Project Management
- Java
- Structural Analysis
- CAAD
- Technical Reports
About Company
For more than 20 years, SpaceWorks has honed unrivaled expertise in early phase design of advanced aerospace systems. With a potent combination of engineering experience, a broad set of powerful tools, and a deep-rooted culture of creative problem-solving, our team delivers novel conc ... View more
